A Westgate sportsbook bettor wagered $100,000 to win $500 on the Milwaukee Bucks to win their NBA playoff series over the Detroit Pistons.
Todd Dewey
Reporter: Sports betting
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Todd Dewey covers sports betting for the Review-Journal. Prior to taking over that beat in January 2017, he covered UNLV football, 51s baseball and a wide range of other events that come to Las Vegas. A native of Cambridge, Mass., and a graduate of the University of Central Florida, Dewey joined the Review-Journal in 1999 and was the 2013 Nevada Sportswriter of the Year.
Las Vegas resident James Holzhauer won his sixth consecutive game on “Jeopardy!” on Thursday, earning $27,190 to run his total to $325,877.
A Westgate sportsbook bettor placed a $67,000 wager in October to win $670 on the Golden State Warriors to make the NBA playoffs this season.
The Golden State Warriors are the minus 200 favorites to win their third straight NBA title and fourth in five years.
For the second straight year, handicapper Dana Lane is going against popular public opinion in Las Vegas and siding with the Sharks as minus 105 series underdogs to the Knights (-115).
A William Hill gambler placed an $85,000 wager to win $1.19 million on Tiger Woods to capture the Masters at 14-1 odds. The wager represents the largest liability for an individual golf wager in William Hill’s U.S. history.
Rory McIlroy is the 7-1 favorite to win his first green jacket, and Tiger Woods is at 14-1 odds to win his fifth.
Most of the action is sharp and for $1,000 limit bets.
The Cavaliers are 1½-point favorites at MGM Resorts and South Point sportsbooks but the line is 1 everywhere else.
Entering Vegas’ 2018-19 season finale, a $100 bettor would’ve lost $969 wagering on the Knights in every game this season.
Before the Final Four, Virginia was listed as a 3-point favorite over Texas Tech at Las Vegas sportsbooks in a lookahead line to Monday’s national title game.
Virginia opened as a 1-point favorite over Texas Tech at the Westgate sportsbook for Monday’s NCAA men’s basketball national championship game, but the line quickly moved to 1½ on Saturday night.
Station Casinos and the Westgate each posted a line on the Aviators’ season opener Thursday at El Paso, and the books plan on posting lines on all of Las Vegas’ Triple-A games this season.
At least one Las Vegas sports bettor is in perfect position to lock in a healthy five-figure profit on the Final Four. And one of his futures tickets could end up cashing for $300,000.